[Users] OVirt in production

[Ofer Schreiber]

----- Original Message -----
> No problems, really, but then I've only set up one node and not yet
> built a VM on the node. Let's just say that connecting to the VDSM
> site
> offers a lot of options that I don't think I'll ever need/use. It's
> more
> that I've not played with VDSM nearly as much as I have Virtual
> Machine
> Manager or ProxMox so I'm just not familiar with it.
> 
> So, no problems or complaints. I just need to spend more time with
> it.
> Neat stuff, tho, and fun to play with. :-)

Happy to hear that.
Feel free to share more thought/questions.

Ofer.

> 
> Thanx,
> Garth
> 
> On 03/29/2012 04:27 AM, Ofer Schreiber wrote:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> Thanx for the response. One more follow-up question: I'm currently
> >> only
> >> running three ESXi 4.1 boxes (one large 710, two small 2950s) so
> >> VDSM
> >> is
> >> a bit overkill. Is there a plan for a simpler "VDSM Lite" on the
> >> horizon
> >> that would make more sense for an installation with only a few
> >> nodes?
> >> That would be attractive for me.
> >>
> >> Again, Thanx for the response...
> >> Garth
> > Well, VDSM does support hundreds of hosts, but it work well in a
> > small environments. (my testing environment contains normally up
> > to 5 hosts, so you have nothing to worry about.)
> >
> > There are no plans for a "VDSM Lite", but I'd like to hear why the
> > current VDSM is such a problem for you.
> >
> > Ofer.
> >
> >
> >> On 03/28/2012 09:59 AM, Ofer Schreiber wrote:
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>> I've seen a thread where OV is discussed as a feature test
> >>>> platform
> >>>> in
> >>>> the same vein as FC. That raises the question, for me at least,
> >>>> as
> >>>> to
> >>>> whether or not I should deploy OV in a production environment
> >>>> where
> >>>> it
> >>>> will host continuous build VMs in support of Agile Teams of
> >>>> developers.
> >>>> It looks really good but not if a new version comes out every
> >>>> six
> >>>> months
> >>>> or so and I have to do a reinstall. If it is a new feature
> >>>> platform,
> >>>> will easy (spelled "single-click" or something close to it)
> >>>> upgrading
> >>>> be
> >>>> supported?
> >>> I assume that upgrade won't be perfect at the first couple of
> >>> versions, as we're trying to stabilize the project.
> >>> A "single-click" upgrade is already implemented upstream
> >>> (engine-upgrade utility), but it relays very much on the
> >>> platform.
> >>> if the platform will be changed (moving to official JBoss rpms
> >>> for
> >>> an example), the upgrade process might involve couple of manual
> >>> steps.
> >>>
> >>> Ofer Schreiber
> >>> oVirt Release Manager
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Thanx,
> >>>> Garth
>